Annalee Newitz

Last night's io9 meetup in San Francisco was incredibly fun and well-attended. We've got a giant gallery showing science fiction nerds in their natural habitat: Borderlands Cafe, among giant bookshelves full of paperbacks.

If you don't see your name in the captions, pipe up in comments and tell us who you are! Or if I got your name wrong, let us know about that too. Thanks again to Borderlands for being such gracious hosts for the event!

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io9 book reviewer and Borderlands employee Chris Hsiang (Grey_Area) makes a point while io9 commenter CrashedPC laughs. I can guarantee they are both going to give me crap about making this the top picture.

The early arrivals got tea and coffee without waiting in line. On the far right is Cameo, who owns a beekeeping store up the street from Borderlands.

Many thanks to Borderlands owner Alan Beatts, who kindly dealt with a giant herd of io9 folks and even brought out cheese and bread for us (to many cheers).

io9 managing editor Charlie Jane chatting with early arrivals in the back of the store.

Tachyon Press publishers Jacob and Rina Wiesman look cute as buttons.

Cool tees like io9 commenter Erik T Derek's were pretty much everywhere at the meetup.

Yay! Nicole Peeler, author of Tempest Rising, made it all the way from Chicago!

EFF attorney Kevin Bankston.

io9 writer Esther Inglis-Arkell says hi. She has a degree in physics, so don't mess with her.

Adam O'Donnell and Sacha Arnold and the bookshelves.

It is my goal in life to always have events where people can sit down in comfy chairs and read whenever they want.